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A 22-year-old woman from Connecticut, in the US, lost her leg and was left in a serious condition after she was bitten by a shark while she was on holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The parents of Brian Kohberger, the man accused of killing for University of Idaho students in November last year, have been called to testify over the disappearance of another woman

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, 44, has entered the 2024 presidential race and is considered to be Mr Trump’s strongest Republican rival

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Police in Ohio and Kentucky have been warned an escaped killer fled prison on Monday - Bradley Gillespie is serving two life sentences for butchering a couple in 2016

Grim and concerning surveillance footage from the US-Mexico border wall shows the moment a four-year-old boy was dropped from a 30ft wall before gunshots rang out

A woman in the US has described the grim symptoms of a strange and contagious fungal disease known as 'tinea', of which two cases have been reported in women in the country

One person has been killed and another four injured after a devastating crash involving a suspected stolen vehicle. The San Francisco Police Department allege a suspect carjacked the truck invovled

A New Jersey man who lived a double life and researched key New York City landmarks for terror attacks has been sentenced. Alexei Saab, 44, received military-type training from Hezbollah

A father and son duo who ran an elaborate $20million lottery fraud scheme have been jailed. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, cheated the IRS out of about $6 million, the US attorney's office in Boston said

Migrants have been seen in Chicago police stations in startling footage after the city declared a state of emergency earlier this month. Chicago is currently struggling to deal with an influx of people arriving from Texas

Attorneys representing the family of Fulton County Jail inmate Lashawn Thompson, 35, have said he suffered 'extreme neglect' by prison staff after Thompson was allegedly 'eaten alive by bugs'

Former President Donald Trump appeared in court via video link today as a date for his criminal trial was set. Mr Trump was warned not to speak publicly about evidence in the case, which relates to payments made to porn actor Stormy Daniels and model Karen MacDougal

A scientist who studied the brains of people who said they had seen a UFO said he believes there are aliens on Earth. Professor Garry Nolan said he has examined around 100 patients

Two young boys recovered two miles apart in separate rivers were seen playing by the water's edge, a source said. Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, went missing earlier this month

Distraught children looked on after a father was hit by a car and killed as he successfully herded a family of ducks off a busy intersection - moments after he was clapped for his heroic efforts

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES. A shark attacked an angler on Friday on the same stretch of coast a swimmer was bitten the day before. A 35-year-old man was on a Florida dock when the shark bit him

An 'explosion' reported at the Pentagon in Washington DC earlier today was confirmed as a hoax. An image that circulated online of an apparent explosion was likely generated by artificial intelligence

A man who was assaulted at his place of work three times in just four months was fired by a supermarket chain after he asked for compensation. Autistic shop clerk Austin Sherrell, 23 and from California, was fired from Vons

Mega-rich billionaire Elon Musk has announced he has appointed a new CEO of Twitter who will take over later this year. We have taken look at Musk's most controversial moments as Twitter CEO

An earthquake has rocked Northern California including Sacramento, Chico, and Prattsville - the 5.3 magnitude quake comes just hours after another tremor measuring 5.5 shook the area, one of the BIGGEST in recent memory, according to local professors

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has called Mauricio Garciaa 'monster' as the dead man is suspected of the horror mass shooting at the Allen Premimum Outlets mall - and tonight authorities revealed they are probing the shooter's possible links to white-supremacist ideology

Meghan Markle made a special treat for Prince Archie on his fourth birthday as sources said there was a good reason she stayed away from the King's Coronation at Westminster Abbey yesterday

A dad in Allen, Texas said he did his 'best' to try and save a little boy using CPR after a shooter opened fire outside a shopping mall. Eight people were killed at Allen Premium Outlets yesterday

A New Jersey woman managed to fly to Jamaica without a passport after she and airline staff both failed to notice she went through the wrong gate. Beverly Ellis-Hebard was meant to fly to Florida